It was to that point... The thing that’s weird (to me, anyways) is that these younger people act as if working is some kind of punishment; that its challenges aren’t things to be victoriously overcome. I’ve always loved to work, and loved to solve the problems that come with literally any job, from the lowest ranch hand to executive (and I’ve been both). They completely miss out on the camaraderie found in groups of smart people coming together to really bust out a creative, effective solution to a seemingly impossible problem. That is to say, really, that they have lost some of their human-ness.
“They completely miss out on the camaraderie found in groups of smart people coming together to really bust out a creative, effective solution to a seemingly impossible problem.”
Thanks, you have put into words what I have been trying to describe to my team of work-at-home-and-never-talk-to-each-others. Even if it is just one afternoon a week, we really need to get together and sit in the same room and solve the seemingly impossible problems we deal with together. Instead they sit at home and mostly watch sports on TV or babysit their kids.
Of course, one of them wouldn’t qualify as “smart” (maybe not even average), but the others certainly do.